The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 830 805 822
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +17
Permanent jobs citing MOS 28 91 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.026% 0.075% 0.040%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.094% 0.270% 0.152%
Number of salaries quoted 28 71 47
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% +4.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,200 £24,000 £20,900
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £40,400 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £25,250
% change year-on-year
- +28.71%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29773 33643 32244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.62% 27.82% 26.12%
Number of salaries quoted 23976 28605 26864
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MOS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MOS Jobs Demand Trend

MOS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MOS within the UK.

MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MOS over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

MOS Salary Histogram

MOS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MOS within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -29 28 £40,000 +23.07%
London -5 21 £41,000 +17.14%
South East -10 3 £35,000 +7.69%
City of London -20 3 £40,000 +20.30%
Surrey +12 2 £35,000 +7.69%
Weybridge - 2 £37,500 -
East Midlands - 2 £37,500 -
East of England - 1 £30,000 -
South West - 1 £25,000 -
Northamptonshire - 1 £22,500 -
Leicestershire - 1 £52,500 -
Devon - 1 £25,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £30,000 -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £35,000 -
Northampton - 1 £22,500 -
Leicester - 1 £52,500 -
Cambridge - 1 £30,000 -

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MOS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MOS.

1 43 (82.69%) Windows
2 35 (67.31%) Windows 7
3 31 (59.62%) Microsoft
4 28 (53.85%) MS Office
5 27 (51.92%) Legal
6 26 (50.00%) Law
7 20 (38.46%) ITIL
8 18 (34.62%) MS Excel
9 11 (21.15%) Active Directory
10 9 (17.31%) MCDST
10 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (15.38%) Blackberry
11 8 (15.38%) Windows XP
11 8 (15.38%) E-Learning
12 7 (13.46%) WorkSite
12 7 (13.46%) Learning Management System
13 6 (11.54%) MS PowerPoint
13 6 (11.54%) Document Management
13 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
13 6 (11.54%) MCP
14 5 (9.615%) LAN
14 5 (9.615%) WAN
14 5 (9.615%) Adobe
14 5 (9.615%) ECDL
14 5 (9.615%) Service Management
14 5 (9.615%) Lync
14 5 (9.615%) Adobe Captivate
15 4 (7.692%) Practice Management
15 4 (7.692%) MS Exchange
15 4 (7.692%) SLA

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MOS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.923%) COM
1 1 (1.923%) CGI
1 1 (1.923%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (13.46%) WorkSite
2 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 5 (9.615%) Lync
4 4 (7.692%) MS Exchange
5 2 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.923%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.923%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (1.923%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.923%) CM System
Applications
1 28 (53.85%) MS Office
2 18 (34.62%) MS Excel
3 6 (11.54%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (9.615%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (1.923%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.846%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.923%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (1.923%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.923%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.923%) Agresso
2 1 (1.923%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.923%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.615%) LAN
1 5 (9.615%) WAN
2 1 (1.923%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.923%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.923%) TOAD
General
1 27 (51.92%) Legal
2 26 (50.00%) Law
3 3 (5.769%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.769%) Finance
Job Titles
1 28 (53.85%) Trainer
2 27 (51.92%) IT Trainer
3 22 (42.31%) Analyst
4 13 (25.00%) Support Analyst
5 11 (21.15%) Service Analyst
5 11 (21.15%) Service Desk Analyst
6 9 (17.31%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (9.615%) Technical Services Analyst
8 4 (7.692%) Technical Support Analyst
8 4 (7.692%) Technical Support
9 3 (5.769%) Applications Support
9 3 (5.769%) 2nd Line Support
10 2 (3.846%) Support Specialist
10 2 (3.846%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 2 (3.846%) Applications Support Analyst
10 2 (3.846%) Desktop Support
10 2 (3.846%) Desktop Analyst
11 1 (1.923%) Microsoft Trainer
11 1 (1.923%) Help Desk Support
11 1 (1.923%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Blackberry
1 8 (15.38%) E-Learning
2 7 (13.46%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.923%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.923%) PDA
3 1 (1.923%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 43 (82.69%) Windows
2 35 (67.31%) Windows 7
3 8 (15.38%) Windows XP
4 3 (5.769%) Linux
4 3 (5.769%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.846%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (3.846%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (3.846%) UNIX
6 1 (1.923%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (38.46%) ITIL
2 6 (11.54%) Document Management
3 5 (9.615%) Service Management
4 4 (7.692%) Practice Management
5 3 (5.769%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.846%) Time Management
6 2 (3.846%) CRM
7 1 (1.923%) Six Sigma
7 1 (1.923%) BPR
7 1 (1.923%) CAD
7 1 (1.923%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.923%) MOF
7 1 (1.923%) Project Management
7 1 (1.923%) Migration
7 1 (1.923%) Content Management
7 1 (1.923%) E-business
7 1 (1.923%) Logistics
7 1 (1.923%) Business Analysis
7 1 (1.923%) eTOM
7 1 (1.923%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.923%) SQL
1 1 (1.923%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (17.31%) MCDST
2 6 (11.54%) MCP
3 5 (9.615%) ECDL
4 3 (5.769%) CCNA
4 3 (5.769%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.769%) MCITP
5 2 (3.846%) MCSE
5 2 (3.846%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.923%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (1.923%) CCNP
6 1 (1.923%) CCA
6 1 (1.923%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.923%) Degree
6 1 (1.923%) CCENT
6 1 (1.923%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 1 (1.923%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (21.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.923%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (1.923%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.923%) NetBackup
1 1 (1.923%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 31 (59.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.615%) Adobe
3 2 (3.846%) Oracle
3 2 (3.846%) Altiris
3 2 (3.846%) Citrix
4 1 (1.923%) Avaya
4 1 (1.923%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.923%) Lotus
4 1 (1.923%) Symantec
4 1 (1.923%) Remedy
4 1 (1.923%) McAfee
4 1 (1.923%) Open Text
4 1 (1.923%) VMware
4 1 (1.923%) Panasonic
4 1 (1.923%) Cisco
4 1 (1.923%) IBM
4 1 (1.923%) HP
4 1 (1.923%) Dell
4 1 (1.923%) Intel
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